Who Are The Most Generous Americans?

A recent report based on IRS data and put together by the Chronicle of Philanthropy shows that Americans with incomes less than $100,000 annually give away a larger percentage of their income than those making $200,000 or more.

While the average American gives about 3 percent of his or her income to charity each year, poor and middle-income earners increased their giving by nearly 5 percent between 2006 and 2012.

Who among them give the most? Well, is it not surprising that the IRS data showed the following?

Beyond income, church attendance is the factor most strongly indicative of giving rates.

The highly faithful Utah is the most generous state, giving an average of 6.6 percent of income each year to charity,

The more secular New England states like New Hampshire and Maine give 2 percent or less.

And as I have been saying the data has shown for years…

The 17 most generous states all supported Mitt Romney in the 2012 election.

Meaning, once again, new data has shown that the mean horrible Republicans give a higher percentage of their income than the kind an gentle Democrats.